Rare pair of 725B armchairs, Wien

Designed from 1903, produced since 1904/1905, in the catalog since 1906.
Armchairs among the first made.
Paper label "PIAZZA & MANN - TRIESTE", official dealer of J&J Kohn in Trieste.

This model, particularly rare in the version with the original plywood seat, is historically important as for the first time two elements are associated: (a) the horseshoe connection under the legs, which is however separated from the floor by the addition of disks covered with a metal ring (b) the motif of the spheres under the seat, with a decorative and stabilizing function of the seat.

The elements that allow us to date the armchairs presented here among the first examples made are: (a) the disks under the base covered with a metal ring (later they will be made of wood); (b) the spherical spheres (later they will be sectioned parallel to the support surface and hollowed out inside to hide the lower screws fixing them to the seat).

Provenance: Private collection, Trieste

Literature: Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, Derek E. Ostergard, 1987, p. 239; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Silvana Editore, Cinisello Balsamo 2008, pp. 102-103; G. Renzi, M. Lombardi Borgia, La poltrona moderna. Otto Wagner e gli architetti della Secessione Viennese per J & J. Kohn e Thonet, Grafiche Aurora, 2018, pp. 42, 45